 The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event...  Critical and historical essays - Page 21by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...from the specious caskets, which contain only the Death's head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure....habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...from the specious caskets which contain only the Death s head and the Fool's head, and fix our choice arey and Hart external interests. Not con'ent with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they... | |
 | 1847 - 462 pages
...writer has said, of the " most remarkable body of men which perhaps the world has ever produced. They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1848 - 120 pages
...three lines ? To what word do ashamed and wishing belong ? CHAPTER XI. THE PURITANS. — [MACAULAY.] 1. The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for -whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know1... | |
 | 1848 - 792 pages
...wfco were the Puritans? Let me answer in the language of Britain's most eloquent modern essayist : " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing is too vast, for whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know Him,... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...who were the Puritans'? Let me answer in the language of Britain's most eloquent modern essayist : " The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing is too vast, for whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know Him,... | |
 | 1848 - 786 pages
...who were the Puritans? Let me answer in the language of Britain's most eloquent modern essayist : " The Puritans -were men whose minds had derived a peculiar...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, 'for whose power nothing is too vast, for whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know Him,... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 pages
...of the press and of the stage, at the time when the press and the stage were most licentious. They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...the name of England terrible to every nation on the face of the earth, were no vulgar fanatics. They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him,... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...introduce to you an eloquent tribute to their memory from TB Maeaulay, the writer quoted above. " They were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character...habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power, nothing was too vast; for whose inspection, nothing was too minute. To know... | |
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